MeadWestvaco Earnings Preview: Get Ahead of the Analysts

MeadWestvaco (NYSE:MWV) will report earnings before markets open on Tuesday, April 30th. MeadWestvaco Corporation is a global packaging company that provides packaging solutions to the healthcare, personal and beauty care, food, beverage, tobacco, media and entertainment, and home and garden industries. The Company’s other operations serve the consumer and office products, specialty chemicals, forestry and real estate markets.

Analysts have a more negative outlook for the company’s next-quarter performance. Over the past three months, the average estimate for next quarter’s earnings has fallen from a profit of $0.51 to a profit $0.5. For the current year, the average estimate is a profit of $1.64, which is worse than the estimate ninety days ago.